--- ez-ipupdate-3.0.11b8.orig/ez-ipupdate.c
+++ ez-ipupdate-3.0.11b8/ez-ipupdate.c
@@ -704,6 +707,10 @@
   }
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+  closelog();
+#endif
+
   exit(1);
 }
 RETSIGTYPE generic_sig_handler(int sig)
@@ -798,7 +805,7 @@
     sprintf(buf, "message incomplete because your OS sucks: %s\n", fmt);
 #endif
 
-    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, buf);
+    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "%s", buf);
   }
   else
   {
@@ -4519,23 +4526,25 @@
       if(fork() > 0) { exit(0); } /* parent */
     }
 
+#  if HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+    openlog(program_name, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON );
+    //options |= OPT_QUIET;
+#  endif
+    show_message("version %s, interface %s, host %s, server %s, service %s\n",
+        VERSION, N_STR(interface), N_STR(host), server, service->title);
+
 #if HAVE_GETPID
     if(pid_file && pid_file_create(pid_file) != 0)
     {
-      fprintf(stderr, "exiting...\n");
+      show_message("could not create pid file %s (%s), exiting\n",
+                   pid_file, strerror(errno));
+#if HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+      closelog();
+#endif
       exit(1);
     }
 #endif
 
-#  if HAVE_SYSLOG_H
-    openlog(program_name, LOG_PID, LOG_USER );
-    options |= OPT_QUIET;
-#  endif
-    show_message("ez-ipupdate Version %s, Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Angus Mackay.\n", 
-        VERSION);
-    show_message("%s started for interface %s host %s using server %s and service %s\n",
-        program_name, N_STR(interface), N_STR(host), server, service->title);
-
     memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
 
     if(cache_file)